Italy topped the medal table last year and are sending a full team of 13 boats as they attempt to repeat that feat.

Also arriving with full teams for the five-day event are Germany and the United States.

Among the events attracting a record number of entries are the men’s single sculls and women’s singles sculls with 39 and 29 countries participating respectively.

Switzerland’s Jan Schaeuble is the only athlete in the men’s single sculls who also competed in the boat class at last year’s World Junior Championships in Dutch city Rotterdam, where he finished fifth.

American Clark Dean was a bronze medallist in the men’s quadruple sculls at the 2016 edition and is likely to put on a strong performance.

Also expected to be in contention is Belarus’ Kiryl Tsikhanovich, who was a men’s double sculls finalist at last year’s World Junior Championships and European Junior Championships in Trakai.

In the women’s single sculls, France’s Margaux Bailleul is considered the favourite for success.

Bailleul won bronze in the single at the 2016 European Junior Championships and then finished fourth at the World Junior Championships a few weeks later.

Other events attracting a record number of entries are the men’s double sculls and women’s double sculls with 27 and 28 nations participating respectively.

Germany are the nation to look out for in the women’s double sculls race with Maren Voelz, their bow seat, having become a European junior champion in the quad last year.

They will also be one of the top boats lining up in the men’s double sculls with Jan Berend and Simon Schlott having both won silver at the 2016 World Junior Championships and also at the European Junior Championships as part of the men’s quad.

As well as offering World Championship titles, the event will also act as a qualifier for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires.

Even though there are only four boat classes at the YOG, all 13 are used to establish qualification with varying numbers of spots.

For rowers to be eligible to compete at the World Junior Championships, they must be 18 years of age or under.

A rower can compete as a junior until December 31 of the year in which he or she reaches the age of 18.

After that date, the rower advances to the under-23 category.

Italy dominated the World Junior Championships in 2016, winning three gold medals from a total of seven.

Germany also performed impressively with a total of 10 medals, including two golds.

The Czech Republic finished in third position with two gold medals and one bronze.